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Pagano Enterprises wants to build Bridgewater Crossing on the eastern portion of the Courier News’ former site

BRIDGEWATER – A proposal to build a 55,000-square-foot shopping center on westbound Route 22 will be heard by the township planning board next week.

Pagano Enterprises, of Glen Rock, has filed an application to build Bridgewater Crossing on the eastern portion of the former site of the Courier News. Autosport Honda is on the western portion of the site.

The application calls for the strip mall, which will be situated parallel to the highway, to have 200 parking spaces.

State Department of Transportation approval is required for entrances and exits into the 5-acre property.

Robert Pagano, the contact for Pagano Enterprises listed on the application with the township, did not respond to requests for comment.

Pagano has a portfolio of strip malls throughout New Jersey, including Garwood Plaza on North Avenue in Garwood and Summerhill Square on Route 18 in East Brunswick.

The planning board meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. June 10.